[Peace-discuss] AWARE should teach a non-credit course at Parkland over the summer

[Karen Medina]

RE: Community Education noncredit course proposals for Summer 2012 at
Parkland College

Lots of really good ideas in there. I propose the following next steps:
* we should discuss the strengths of AWARE, friends, and local experts
in respect to each topic (I would like to go with the topic that
utilizes our strengths)
* research similar courses that have been given elsewhere on these
topics to see which topic might appeal to the most people.
* see if we can pull in the Peace Initiative group's ideas and
expertise, especially on Israel and Palestine -- not that they would
have the only word on this, but because their events have had
phenomenal turnouts each time.
* come up with a draft of a syllabus, topics, readings, suggested
projects for students
* consider how to cover each class session (instructor-wise)
* Then run.


> "The U.S. and the Greater Middle East, from WWII to the Present"
> "America's 21st Century Wars, Retrospect & Prospect"
> "Neoliberalism & Neoconservatism: American Economic and Military Policy
> Since the Sixties"
> "The Constitution of the Second Republic of the United States"
> "Failed States" (beginning with Chomsky's book of that title)
perhaps too small of a topic to draw in students? > "Imagined
Communities: the US, Israel, and the Palestinians" (beginning with
Benedict Anderson's book)
> "The Abrahamic Religions & Modern Politics"
perhaps too small of a topic to draw in students? > > "The Backstory
of Neoliberalism: 'Government in the Future' (1971) and 'The Crisis of
Democracy' (1975)"
> "Aristotle's 'Politics'  in the 21st Century"
perhaps too small of a topic to draw in students? > > "Reading 'Capital' Today"